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124. (277a). .i'.giaUtis mcloda circunnincta Ridgway. Belted 

 Piping Plover. 



This subspecies of the Piping Plover is considered the t3'pical 

 form of the interior, "breeding from Illinois to Lake Winnipeg." 

 Cooke states that "it was reported as breeding at Grinnell, but 

 was not noted during migration" (Bird Migr. in Miss.\^al., 1884- 

 85, lOl). 



Count}^ records: Des Moines — A specimen in the I'niversity 

 museum, No. 16342, taken at Burlington, August 27, 1893, by 

 Paul Bart.sch, has the dusk}- collar nearly meeting across breast. 

 Dickinson — "shot specimens at Spirit Lake July 30, 1902" (Bailey). 

 Linn — "spring and fall migrant" (Bailey); "tolerably common 

 migrant; occasional summer resident" (Berry). Lee — "migrant; 

 not common" (Currier). Poweshiek — "rare transient" (Kel.sey). 

 Webster — "few" (Somes). Winnebago — "quite numerous near 

 Rake, May 22, 1S91" (Halvorsen). W'oodbur}- — "uncommon 

 transient" (Rich). 



Family APHRIZID^. Surf-birds and Turnstones. 



This is a small family, with three North American species. 



They are almost strictl>- maritime and only occur as stragglers in 



the interior. 



Genus Arenaria Brisson. 



123. (283.1). Arenaria DHirinclla {IJvww.). Ruddy Turnstone. 



The Turnstone is of very rare occurrence in Iowa. John Krider 

 states (Forty Years' Notes, 1879, 62): "' Strepsilas intcrpres Illig. 

 Ver}- abundant about the loth of May along the seashore, feed- 

 ing upon the eggs of the king-crab; and arrives about the same 

 time in Iowa in great numbers, feeding on the craw-fish about 

 the sloughs on the prairie." 



Paul Bartsch records "First Record of the Turnstone in Iowa, 

 May 21, 1892" (Iowa Orn., iv, 3, 189S, 3): "A pair seen on rail- 

 road tracks near Burlington bridge. When started up, crossed 

 river, circled over city of Burlington, and returned to same place. 

 Both killed in Illinois, but will have to be added to the list of 

 Iowa birds as we also observed them in Iowa." One of these 

 specimens is now in the University museum. 



George H. Berry gives the Turnstone as a "rare migrant in 

 Linn county; one shot in 1890 on Prairie Creek, between Cc^ar 



